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. >> reporter: don't be fooled by the brown boxy exterior, this is actually a pirate ship, no wait, a hotel, no wait, igloo, this man decided to throw out all the brand name toys and leave the rest to the kids' imagination. not one. not one complained about not having the toys on this black friday as parents by the thousands storm the times square toys "r" us, shelling out some major cash for some major play things, we asked the question, do you kind of want to play with the boxes now? did i just save you a ton of money? >> yes, you did. >> reporter: more evidence came from our nightly news viewers when we put out the call from facebook and twitter, for pictures of their kids and the boxes they love. there is no age limit. it can be the much-needed space in the middle of times square. a dining room table. >> cheers. >> reporter: or a news desk. in fact, cardboard boxes were put in the national toy hall of fame in 2005. you can get them for free and run wild, or buy them with step by step instructions, from tanks to magical castles, each for about 30 bucks. though your cat will take wh
. >> reporter: don't be fooled by the brown boxy exterior, this is actually a pirate ship, no wait, a hotel, no wait, igloo, this man decided to throw out all the brand name toys and leave the rest to the kids' imagination. not one. not one complained about not having the toys on this black friday as parents by the thousands storm the times square toys "r" us, shelling out some major cash for some major play things, we asked the question, do you kind of want to play with the...
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first though, let's go to steve brown in chicago. steve, the u.s. economy could certainly use a boost of holiday shopping. so what's the outlook? >> well, there are some good signs early. one of them comes from the national association of retailers. now, their projections tend to be pretty conservative. all the same. this organization believes that as far as retailers are concerned, it's going to be a pretty good 2012 holiday shopping season. we expect sales to rise 4% this year a little lower than last year. we really believe that consumers are feeling a lot more confident this year. now if you are looking for a segment to grow even faster than 4 hers projection try online already. ibm research signature it was up 17% on thanksgiving day. 20% already for this holiday shopping season, john? >> it turns out some of those black friday deals are not all they are cracked up to be. >> some of them, according to decide incorporated which part nerd up with a news corps fellow organization the "wall street journal" they took a look at some of these bargains
first though, let's go to steve brown in chicago. steve, the u.s. economy could certainly use a boost of holiday shopping. so what's the outlook? >> well, there are some good signs early. one of them comes from the national association of retailers. now, their projections tend to be pretty conservative. all the same. this organization believes that as far as retailers are concerned, it's going to be a pretty good 2012 holiday shopping season. we expect sales to rise 4% this year a little...
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brown sugar. >> and whole pecans. >> yes. and then you start getting dirty. >> that's good. >> that's a good recipe. >> you want it to get nice and clumpy. >> once we make it in there, then we go to the fruit? >> now we go to the good part. just so you know, you can use canned fruit. if you want. if you must. this is amapples, cranberries, whatever is left fro the day. corn starch, nutmeg, a pinch of salt, sugar. we'll mix this all up. >> a lot of sugar. >> the salt actually enhances the flavor of the fruit and everything else, all the good stuff that's in there. so we mix this up so it's well-coated. and fruit crisps are easy and just leftover. >> they are. you can do it all year wrong. whatever fruit you have leftover, canned fruit. >> i do have a number of apples in my refrigerator. i'm never living it down. >> we'll take this great topping that julia made and well-coat it. you want to be very generous with this. we're going to pre-heat our oven to 375 and then we're going to bake it. and this is what it will look like. we
brown sugar. >> and whole pecans. >> yes. and then you start getting dirty. >> that's good. >> that's a good recipe. >> you want it to get nice and clumpy. >> once we make it in there, then we go to the fruit? >> now we go to the good part. just so you know, you can use canned fruit. if you want. if you must. this is amapples, cranberries, whatever is left fro the day. corn starch, nutmeg, a pinch of salt, sugar. we'll mix this all up. >> a lot of...
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he was a great hockey star at brown. they are at st. lawrence university in new york. that is his hometown. they have moved back. she goes works for returning veterans. she goes up and down the neighborhood and says to the neighborhoods -- if he starts his motorcycle at midnight, do not say anything. there may be a little more beer drinking in our neighborhood. go by and say hello and find a way to connect with him. wars are won from the ground up. when they come home, we heal their wounds from the ground up as well, stan. the question is -- for someone who is out here who has a small business, where can they go to find out what is going on? the best way to do it is to go online and type in veterans who need work. you will find sites that will do that. we had something called robin hood in new york. we had a big summit meeting in which people who are employers, and we put online the skill sets of a lot of veterans and try to raise the consciousness of what is going on. when business talk to you as you, what do they ask you about what they need to know? >> it is typical
he was a great hockey star at brown. they are at st. lawrence university in new york. that is his hometown. they have moved back. she goes works for returning veterans. she goes up and down the neighborhood and says to the neighborhoods -- if he starts his motorcycle at midnight, do not say anything. there may be a little more beer drinking in our neighborhood. go by and say hello and find a way to connect with him. wars are won from the ground up. when they come home, we heal their wounds from...